What are the different User Roles in Watershed?

Global Admin

Global Admin users have full access to an organization's settings and can see every learner’s data. They can also add new users, set up and configure cards, and organize their company's structure.

Global Admin logins can:

see all data.

see all dashboards.

create new users.

create new shared dashboards.

create new cards on any shared dashboard.

edit cards on all shared dashboards.

create/edit Organization Hierarchy via CSV upload.

create new data source connections.

edit any user's data permissions.

edit any user's Explore permissions.

edit any user's Dashboard permissions.

create, edit, and delete all measures.

Area Admin

The Area Admin role is designed for users who need some administrative permissions, but should not have access to all data and all users. They have many of the same permissions as Global Admins, but those permissions are restricted to a certain population. For example, a global organization might have teams of Area Admins responsible for each territory.

Area Admins can:

see all data about people in groups they have permissions for.

create new users.

delete, edit, and assign permissions to users created by themselves and other Area Admins in the same group.

create, edit, move, group, and delete cards on all dashboards they have permission to view.

create, edit, set permissions for, and delete dashboards they have permission to view.

create, edit, and delete all measures, regardless of who created them.

Area Admins cannot:

see data about people outside of groups they have permissions for.

delete, edit, and assign permissions to users created by Global Admins and Area Admins for other groups.

assign global admin permissions.

assign data permissions for data that they cannot themselves see.

assign permissions to people outside their group.

create/edit Organization Hierarchy via CSV upload.

create new data source connections.

edit Explore permissions.

Please note: the measures in Measure Editor are shared across all dashboards and groups. It is therefore possible for Area Admins to edit and delete measures created by Area Admins in another group. We recommend training Area Admins to take extra care when working with existing measures.

User

The User Role "User" is the most basic User Role within Watershed and can see the fewest features and data. By default, User accounts can only see their own data. An Admin login could grant permission to a User login to see more data than their own. User logins can only change settings directly related to their own login.

User logins can: (Please note: the optional features are decided by Admins)

see their own data.

see additional users' data as prescribed by data permissions.

see the Your Cards dashboard.

see additional dashboards as prescribed by dashboard permissions.

use Explore to create new cards on the Your Cards dashboard. (optional)

use Explore to edit existing cards and save to the Your Cards dashboard. (optional)